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	airawyn 2008-03-18 04:53 am UTC (link)
	I don't know if they're homosexual themed, but I love Tanya Huff's Smoke trilogy. (Smoke and Shadows, Smoke and Mirrors, and Smoke and Ashes) The central character is a young gay man and his romantic life is a subplot running through all three books. (They're a spin-off series of her "Blood" books, but you don't have to read those first.) (Reply to this)(Thread)

	airawyn 2008-03-18 05:05 am UTC (link)
	Oh, and they're urban fantasy - vampires, demons and wizards in modern Vancouver. "Even if we save the world, I'm going to lose my job, lose my apartment and end up turning tricks in Gastown. All of a sudden, I'm feeling a lot more sympathy toward season six Buffy." - Tony, Smoke and Shadows (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	chaos_theory 2008-03-18 05:39 am UTC (link)
	Ohhh, I didn't know that there were spinoffs of the Blood books...hmmm. Yay, now I can put off working on my dissertation a little bit more. I worry that one day I will run out of books, and will have to actually turn something in. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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soupspooks
2008-03-18 05:25 am UTC (link)

I've got links to the Chapters site (I don't even know where you live, you probably don't have a Chapters, but this'll at least give you ISBN numbers:

(All of these are by Tanya Huff, whom I believe is actually a lesbian, they mention her partner is Fiona Patton, whom is also an amazingly good author.)

Quarters Series: Fantasy, bards and magic. Everyone is bisexual (or nearly everyone). Vaguely incesty at times. Probably not her best work, but I still liked it well enough.

The Confederation Series: Sci-Fi. Not directly slashy, but damned if Torin Kerr isn't the most awesome female main character I've ever seen. Also, gay space elves. You have to love gay space elves (This is the first two books, there's a third called Valor's Rest).

Of Darkness, Light and Fire: Urban Fantasy/Fantasy. Two books, the second one in particular has the slash. Both are good, and I really liked The Fire Stone.

Relative Magic: Short story collection, she tends to switch between homosexual and heterosexual couples pretty evenly. I think it's the other collection, but she has a bunch of stories about an awesome lesbian thief...

What Ho, Magic!: Her other short story collection. As a bonus, it has an introduction by Michelle Sagara West calling her a scumbag. I lol'd.

Also, look up The Silver Lake by Fiona Patton. Perhaps the most awesome thing ever is when you meet one of the 'war goddess' chosen', he's waking up in bed next to his boyfriend. ^^

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	rosehiptea 2008-03-18 05:32 am UTC (link)
	I liked a science fiction novel called China Mountain Zhang, where the main character is a gay man. But it also has het subplots and doesn't all focus on him, so it may not be what you're looking for. (Reply to this)

solle
2008-03-18 06:13 am UTC (link)

William Goldman - Boys And Girl Together
Coming-of-age novel about a group of minority kids. By the guy who wrote The Princess Bride.

William Goldman - Marathon Man
Better than the movie version. Features a fucked up romance in which the homosexuality is not even mentioned as being the fucked up part. Goldman wrote a sequel called Brothers, which is still pretty good but quickly delves into "lol whut" sci-fi territory.

Most Goldman novels have some amount of gayness, or at the very least incredibly well-written romance. I'm particularly fond of Tinsel (skiing lesbians and an aspie stoner kid obsessed with the Beatles) and Magic (probably the most adorable het romance I've ever read, and a damn good thriller as well).

I can't really think of anything else right now... you may like Chuck Palahniuk's Invisible Monsters.

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	eleutheria 2008-03-18 06:27 am UTC (link)
	I've read quite a few mystery novels featuring lesbian protagonists. I don't know if you're into that genre or not, though, so comment back if you'd like some author recs. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	nights_mistress 2008-03-18 09:43 am UTC (link)
	Have you tried anything by Nicola Griffith? Slow River is a really good book and I think it won the Nebula Award in the year of its publication. (Reply to this)

	notjo 2008-03-18 10:11 am UTC (link)
	I just read a really good collection of gay erotic fairy tales, published by Torque Press. I think it was "Torqued Tales". I hadn't realised the difference between slash and gay stories before I read it. (Reply to this)

	ickle_snowflake 2008-03-18 12:25 pm UTC (link)
	Accidental Creatures by Anne Harris won an award for science fiction with Gay Themes I think. It's a dystopian biotech story with (mostly) lesbian relationships. It's genuinely disturbing in places, but in the science-fiction 'future = corporate run hell' places, not the relationship places. (Reply to this)

	ceadsearc 2008-03-18 12:45 pm UTC (link)
	The Front Runner or pretty much any book by Patricia Nell Warren. (Reply to this)

gothgirl
2008-03-18 01:13 pm UTC (link)

You can say you knew me when - Km Soehnlein

Mahu by Neil Plakcy.

The Master of Seacliff by Max Pierce a gay romance novel

L.A. Heat by PA Brown so good up to the end but that didn't make it less good. I still really enjoyed this one.

Mordred: Bastard Son by Douglas Clegg

Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner

Michael Craft writes a series of gay mysteries.

Comfort and Joy by Jim Grimsley a fantastic book.

I second of third the Tanya Huff recommendation. Wonderful books.

Hope this helps.

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	ms_treesap 2008-03-18 01:46 pm UTC (link)
	The only novels I can think of at the moment are by Sarah Waters- who mostly writes period lesbian lit- and Jeanette Winterson, who tends to become too flowery in some of her novels, but Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit is a classic. (Both authors have had their work made into films or serials for the BBC). (Reply to this)(Thread)

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2008-03-18 02:51 pm UTC (link)

I just finished reading the first three books in Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series, in which the two main male characters fall in love. Their bond is easily accepted and acknowledged without discrimination (for the most part--you'll see if you decide to read them). They're historical fantasy, or however that's classified. The next book in the series comes out this summer, I believe. I quite like them :))

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	mydruthers 2008-03-18 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	I recently stumbled upon Merry Shannon, who had the Sailor Moon character Sailor Orion back in the day. I haven't read any of her stuff yet, though - Anyone know if she's any good? (Reply to this)

julesnoctambule
2008-03-18 04:20 pm UTC (link)

No one's ever heard of The God in Flight by Laura Argiri so I usually offer them my loaner copy in order to convert them to the adoration of her lush, glorious book. It's not fantasy/sci-fi; it's actually set at Yale in the late 1800s and is, in my opinion, a fine portrait of a romance between a brilliant but socially awkward professor and a brash, stubbornly independent student. It's my favourite fiction book and I generally enjoy very little fiction.

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	wankaholic 2008-03-18 04:42 pm UTC (link)
	The Telling by Ursula LeGuin is pretty good . . . it's an undercurrent dealing with a dystopian future in which anyone who is not straight and Christian is discriminated against, and how it affects one planet's view of us, but it has a (sort of) happy ending. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	luthe 2008-03-18 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette wrote A Companion to Wolves which is animal-companion fantasy with a gay spin (mating wolves + all-male companions = lots of buttsex). And of course, those looking for ANGST can read Mercedes Lackey's Vanyel series. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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2008-03-18 07:56 pm UTC (link)

James Alan Gardner's Commitment Hour deals heavily with gender issues (everyone in the hometown of the narrator changed sex once a year until they turned 20). Vigilant, also by the same author, boasts an awesome bisexual narrator. Both of these are sci-fi novels, but they're awesome, easy-to-digest reads.

Also, if you're into Lois Bujold or just like space opera in general, you might want to check out Ethan of Athos.

Lastly, if you've ever been into sci-fi that's heavy on the really well realized dystopia and more about mysteries and relationships between people than Big Interstellar Stuff , you might want to try Manna Francis' Mind Fuck. The rest of the series is online (a knock against it for you, I guess?), but it is seriously worth a look if you have the time.

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	ethelbert 2008-03-18 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	At Swin, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill - it will break your heart, that one. Then for something fluffy and comforting, Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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panthea
2008-03-18 10:50 pm UTC (link)

I don't know if Melissa Scott's around and/or still writing anymore, but if you're into space-themed sci-fi, check out her stuff. I don't remember at all which books featured which relationships, but a lot of them feature gay relationships, mostly lesbian.

She also co-wrote, with Lisa A. Barnett, three historical m/m fantasies: Point of Dreams and Point of Hope, in a completely fantasy setting, and Armor of Light, in which Christopher Marlowe didn't die at the tavern and ended up working in some sort of secret agent capacity. Or something. It's been a while. But dude, how can you not love a gay fantasy story starring Marlowe?

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	didodiva 2008-03-19 03:35 pm UTC (link)
	What, no mention of The Wives of Bath by Susan Swan? I personally love that one, disturbing though the ending was. And here's a list of gay novels I found. None lesbian and plenty I didn't think sounded too good, but it's something: http://www.raygunworks.net/wellwrittenkind.html (Reply to this)

	thegiantsquid 2008-03-19 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	hfjkshfkjshf JF ate my comment! >:O ANYWAY, another rec: Hero by Perry Moore. Very sweet urban fantasy (superheroes!) that deals much more directly with homosexuality and discrimination. I read it twice in the week after I bought it. :) (Reply to this)

	ms_treesap 2008-03-19 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	And I forgot to mention Mary Renualt earlier- she wrote a mix of Greek historical fiction and more contemporary stuff (1940s and 50s). I haven't read her more famous stuff yet- a trilogy about Alexander and a book called The Charioteer, about WW2 soldiers after the War. The comm on LJ may or may not have links to the cheap bookshops if you join. (Reply to this)

	ustareth 2008-04-03 05:08 pm UTC (link)
	I'm hideously late to the party, but I wanted to recommend Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Nancy Cohn and David Levithan. Excellent, excellent book. (Reply to this)